The story of Midas is not only popular but interesting. The King with a golden touch but suffered a horrible faith because of greed.
His wish came through when he asked that whatever he touches turn to gold, and then his journey started with excitement as he touched plates and cups, spoons and tables all turning to gold.
But his misery became evident when his daughter turned to gold at his touch, his food became gold at his touch starvation and deprivation where his companion.
The old Greek folklore had some moral lessons to it, but imaging having a golden touch at this time and age, and what you could do with that.
The Hand of Midas is a 5-reel, 20-payline slot that with amazing graphics and sound. The theme is the bottom of the ocean with amazing colors and pictures to depict an environment of ancient civilization.
The music them also finds a link to ancient Greece giving the game a mystical feel.
Winning in this game is like any other slot game, it requires combination of symbols to unlock the goodies. There are 12 symbols to look out for in the game, six low paying symbols made up of numbers and alphabets, and six high paying symbols consisting of goblets, fruit bowls, treasure chests, Midas’ daughter in solid gold form, Dionysus and Midas.
A player landing combinations of five premiums on a line will pay a value worth from 5 to 20 times the stake.
Sticky wilds plus multipliers are a huge winning combo when they appear on the reels. When wild symbols land they add a random multiplier of 1x, 2x, or 3x to the total win. As such, players can look to the right of the reels where the current active multiplier is displayed on the hand.
Wilds land on reels 2, 3 or 4, replacing any paying symbol, while multipliers are added together when there is more than one on screen at once. A well-crafted ‘W’ is the wild symbol in the game.
Three or more of the golden hand scatter symbols will trigger the free spins bonus game. Three mini slots games appear for each triggering hand symbol, and these spin to reveal a number of free games. Each mini slot spins to award 1, 2 or 3 spins each. The total is then carried into the bonus round.
During free spins, when wilds appear, they add to the win multiplier just like it happens in the base game, but with two important changes.
First, the wilds become sticky, thus remaining in its position for the rest of the feature. Secondly, the win multiplier does not reset between spins; it can only stay the same or increase.
The free spins also come with minimum guarantee winning. The amount to be won is based on the number of triggering scatters, 3, 4 or 5 scatters attract a minimum win worth 10x, 20x or 30x the total bet. However, if the bonus round ends without breaching the minimum amount, free spins are retriggered.
The game comes with a high volatility, RTP of 96.54%, and maximum payouts of up to 500,000.00 at the highest stakes.
